Fifth District Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell is expected to meet with Southwest Ouachita Waterworks officials next week to discuss the water company's request to raise customers' water rates.

The Ouachita Parish Police Jury is expected to decide Monday whether the 911 Office should pay nearly $300,000 in addition to a $500,000 commitment for local first responders to buy more mobile computers and related equipment.

The Monroe businessman whose civil lawsuit sparked an Inspector General investigation of the Fourth Judicial District Court sued the law clerk Wednesday who is accused of destroying or concealing court documents involving the businessman’s lawsuit against a former business partner.